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H. T. COOK.'

POCKET. APPLICATION FILED III/w16. Isle..

Patented. Sept H, i917 HORACE T. COOK, OF BOONE, IOWA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pgwmggd Spt 111, 19170 Application filed May 16, 1916. Serial No. 97,897.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE T. Coon, a citizen of thel United States, residing at Boone, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pockets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pockets for garments and consists in the provision of means for preventing objects moving out of pockets.

The invention consists in the provision of a pocket, the wall of which has stitched thereto transversely a fold against which articles are adapted to contact to prevent their being lost from the pocket.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- in which:

Figure l is a view of a pocket partially broken away and partially in section.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the pocket, transversely through the Hap.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a pocket having a portion of the walls thereof folded upon itself to form plaits B with a row of stitching C along the upper edge of the plait, allowing the latter to hang down. Said plait extends the entire width of the pocket upon both sides and serves as a means to prevent articles losing from the pocket by the fiap hanging down and under which the articles will be adapted to catch in the event of any tendency to fall from the pocket.

`On the Outer surfaces of the plaits B are provided threads B arranged in spaced relation with each other and sewed to the plaits at the upper and lower edges thereof as at C in such a manner as to provide loops D or a network in which articles such as a knife or keys will be caught, in the event of the plaits moving toward the upper edge of the pocket, such movement being due to heavy articles forcing the plaits in the reverse direction when the trousers are held upside down, or when a person is in a sitting position.

That l claim to be new is y A safety pocket having its front and rear walls each folded upon itself to provide a plait, a continuous thread having portions thereof secured to the outer surfaces of the plaits adjacent the upper and lower edges thereof, to provide plurality of loops, said loops adapted to catch articles held in the pockets and prevent the same from falling therefrom.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE T. COOK.

Witnesses:

Trrnononn L. ASHFORD, CLYDE 7. SPARKS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

